Cacoo vs. ConceptDraw DIAGRAM

It's a great alternative to taking photos of whiteboards to save for later reference, you can just create them here. It's also the best option I've found for creating workflows and organization charts, especially complex ones. If you have just a simple workflow or chart, it's probably too robust or complicated for those needs. Save it for the trickier or messier ones!

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Likelihood to recommend? Overall, absolutely. I'm very satisfied with ConceptDraw and wouldn't hesitate to recommend it. I found it very easy to get up and running producing flow chart diagrams. I find it intuitive, flexible and it does what it says. Moreover it's very much an "alive" product with regular updates

• Creative resource for various visual support items
• The free version is robust and nice to staff who have not used it before to get to know the product
• Support has been helpful when needed

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• They're the only company that could offer a decent product with a fair price for Apple devices, like my Mac.
• It provides easy development of process flow diagrams and P&ID diagrams.
• The software has an intuitive arrangement of commands, which reduces the learning curve suffering.

• UI navigation
• Connector flexibility
• Improved table object

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• Keyboard shortcuts are non-intuitive
• Re-scaling can be tricky if you don't set the page up correctly at the beginning of your project

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It needs a bunch of work. For the price it could be better. And even though I am using it still I find it very difficult to use but I make it work

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The sales team is great and quickly responds to any concerns regarding the software and licensing. However, the user base for ConceptDraw products is still relatively small making it difficult to find more than basic assistance for technical questions online

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Cacoo is web-based and OS independent. OmniGraffle is a local install and mac only. Microsoft Visio is a desktop app also and Windows only. Two strikes for me, as I use between 2-4 different computers daily where I expect my applications to be always up-to-date and files synchronized.

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Cheaper, lower learning curve. Looked for something that would meet our needs and allow us to quickly diagram a database and process maps. I have been using this in place of Visio and the one-time purchase is much better than a Microsoft sub. Looking forward to using this software in the future and hoping to get a copy for college classes as well in Database Design.

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• Allowed us to diagram out our user needs, saving us many hours of collaboration
• Allowed us to diagram out our system architecture, saving us many hours of rework
• Sufficient to wireframe a UI as a guiding post to the design while prototyping. Lowers overhead of additional software adoption at early stages.

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• Saved time
• Helps with conveying message properly across team so increased efficiency
• I came to know of many new diagraming techniques by seeing solutions built into ConceptDraw.

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